Long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away Drum And Bass was not divided into subgenres. It was a cutting edge future style of music with one vision – to deliver the whole universe of soundscapes and basslines embossed onto the freshest beats platform. This Way Up aims at bringing D’n’B back to where it belongs. No divisions – just pure energy flowing seamlessly from liquid to neurofunk territories of sound.

Concept:

The concept behind Arena One is The Balance of The Force: We strategically and purposely placed the desired aritsts in a sequence on the night so that each new DJ stepping up adds more techy element to what their precedessor played gradually increasing the music's impact and making sure your This Way Up experience progresses smoothly from rolling organics to neuro/tech craziness and beyond.

Arena Two is where the dark forces of Sudden Def reign so if you're ready to dive into the full on D'n'B onslaught from the get go - this room is for you!

The next This Way Up event night falls on the 4th of May 2008, hence the Star Wars themed ‘May the fourth be with you’ motto of the event.
With this in mind we want to take the listeners on an intergalactic voyage from brighter to darker side of the Drum and Bass universe in a seamless exciting transition.
We start the night off with sounds from the deeper side of the Liquid Funk D’n’B spectrum with artists such as Shuffle b2b Hayze, Nymfo, Lynx and Break gradually building up energy and evolving into the techier sounds of Drum and Bass, the ensuing sets lead by Teebee and Jade encompass the scenes leading sounds of Neurofunk followed by the USA’s own Robot Death Squads debut UK show and residents IZM Displaced take the final voyage into the hard hitting tech battle in the stars. In the words of Lord Vader: Do Not Underestimate The Force!